Transactions, Volume 33the Academy., 1907 |
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Page 15 - I noticed a faint tinge of red, as of vermilion, much diluted with Chinese white. When the chromosphere appeared, it could not be said to be red. The atmospheric condition was answerable for this; and what I saw were the usual hydrogen prominences. None were in the least like the two shining white columns I saw at Ovar in 1900.
Page 20 - Describing the photographs he obtained at Vinaroz, Spain, during the same eclipse, Father Cortie, SJ, wrote* : — " The lower corona in the neighbourhood of these groups of prominences is very much disturbed. A series of interlacing rings or arches surmounts the group, their mean height being very nearly 3'. The general appearance is that of rings seen more or less edgewise, intersected by dark spaces. There are four such distinct bright edges, almost bright rays, from PA + 75° to PA +85° over...
Page 15 - Those in the north-west quadrant had, perhaps, a trifle more colour. I found it useless to observe the corona with the telescope, so I had several good looks with the naked eye. Though there was a small, thin cloud covering the Sun, the corona was most brilliantly visible through it. It was not pearly or silvery white, nor was there any trace of colour.
Page 26 - ... quadrant ; (6) the dark ray and plumes coincided in position with the sun-spot regions, and were possibly connected with the area disturbed by the great February spot ; (7) some straight bright rays marked the south-west quadrant, also in the region of the spot-zones ; (8) the general trend of the streamers was north and south, the largest streamers being placed almost at the south pole : (9) the inner corona was a ring of intense brilliancy, comparable to the full moon ; (10) the streamers seemed...
Page 13 - Tuesday was a choking day of hot south wind—a veritable sirocco—which in the afternoon grew violent, and raised clouds of dust. At evening we had a thunderstorm, but without rain. The weather-wise prophesied perfect weather for the next day. Wednesday began auspiciously. The Sun shone, and the clouds were dissolved in the warm air, though overhead, at a great height, some were thickening. First contact was observed at 11.54.
Page 14 - I slipped off the green glass, and it was evident something was wrong. The black disc of the Moon stood out forward. Behind there was a bright but diffused light, which seemed to come from behind the Moon. But no coronal detail could be seen, nor in the telescope did I see any the whole time.
Page 14 - A second time there was a division, again at the south end, but less distinct. The crescent fined down very much. A little way from either end it became narrower than at the ends themselves.
Page 99 - W. & GS West (in Trans. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) ser. 2, v. 1895, p. 56, t. 6, f. 87), from which it is distinguished by its smaller size, its proportionately greater breadth, and its narrowly linear, closed sinus. Compare also with C'.
Page 15 - For the last ten seconds it was free from clouds; but I saw nothing to add to, or take from, what I have recorded. I had to give the order to close cameras, so I watched carefully for the orange-red glow of the chromosphere.